Chapter 8: Citrus Lake
After a long period of talking and flying, NiGHTS and Micorp had gone to sleep near the lake. NiGHTS had fallen asleep almost instantly, but Micorp watched the fish swim, then went to sleep. When they woke up, they kept staring at the water, bored. "hungry?" Micorp's question broke the silence.
NiGHTS nodded. "A bit."
Micorp stood up, and looked around. She walked around a bit, before remembering that she only knew that 'Marens ate 'Pians, but she was reformed, and they didn't taste very good anyway. "Um... what do we eat?"
NiGHTS looked up. "Fruit, usually. There's usually a lot of it in some Nightopias, and I don't think the last dreamer's—"
"They're called visitors!" Owl said as he flew up to them. "They are visitors, not dreamers."
"Visitors are beings who visit someone else. Dreamers are humans who dream. We call them dreamers." Micorp said.
Owl flew away, ranting about blue chips. "Anyway, I don't think that the door to the last visitor's Nightopia has disappeared yet. It was called something like Citrus Lake, and it had a lot of fruit. Let's go." NiGHTS said, as the two of them went back to the dream gate. Owl was now ranting about dreamdrops, and they went over to a door with a lake as the symbol. They opened it and enetered.
Micorp found herself at a large lake in the sunset. 'Pians were everywhere, flying around, eating fruit. Micorp picked a few pieces, gave some to NiGHTS, and they started eating. 'I want to show you something," NiGHTS said. He paralooped a few 'Pians, and they disappeared into it.
"What did you do???!!!" Micorp asked, ready to attack him.
"Don't worry, they just got sent to the dreamer's 'My Dream'. I'll show you what that is later," NiGHTS said.
Micorp looked at the array of Golden, Segmented Rings and Blue Chips. "What are those for?" She asked.
NiGHTS looked at them. "Come to think of it, I have no clue. The Rings give me energy, and you can throw blue chips at Minions and 'Pians. Or, for minions, you can just paraloop them or drill dash them. Paraloopping them sends them to the My Dream, and drill dashing lets you make Mepians. Watch."
She then looked to see A dark hole in space appear behind NiGHTS. A familiar hand, followed by a familiar figure, stepped out and turned to her. It laughed, the white bracelet on its right wrist sparkling. NiGHTS stpped away from it, and prepared to fight. However, the figure simply ignored her and turned to Micorp. He laughed maniacally. "Macon!" She yelled.
Macon laughed again. "The one and only me, yes."
Chapter 6: Encounter with NiGHTS
Micorp hit a tree, and heard a flutter of tiny wings. 'The 'Pian probably left' she decided. She then floated and got off her back. NiGHTS charged at her again, but she was ready this time. She caught NiGHTS, and held her there. "I'm not here to fight you!" Micorp yelled.
"Oh yeah? Then why are you in a fight-****area at the end of a track I fly through?" NiGHTS asked. Micorp realized that the other 'Maren had a point there-- she was in quite and odd spot here.
"That's just a coincidence!" She explained. NiGHTS got away from her grip, but didn't attack yet.
"Then why? Why are you here?" NiGHTS asked, obviously not buying it yet.
"Why is anyone here? Why do we exist? That is the questikon of the universe, life and everything. One time, I found this dreamer that said it was 42--"
"That's not what I meant!" NiGHTS snarled, not appreciating her little joke there. "Why aren't you back at Wizeman's castle? Why are you here, as in here in this area?"
"Oh, Wizeman sent my out to find and destroy you," She said casually.
"WHAT??!!" NiGHTS yelled in anger. She got ready to drill dash Micorp--
"I turned him down. Sort of." She finished. "He sent me, I left his senses, and became a rebel, just like you."
"I still don't trust you," NiGHTS said, unaware of the 'Pian that had flown up to his head. It held the blue orb from earlier.
"Then why don;t you ask him?" Micorp asked, pointing above NiGHTS. NiGHTS looked up--
To see that the 'Pian was nodding happily. "I talked to that 'Pian last night. I thought it wouldn't understand, but this one is apparently smarter than most." Micorp added, casually again.
"Hmm? Did you hurt it?" NiGHTS asked, confused. The 'Pian shook it's head, ten flew over to Micorp. It sat on her the same way it had on NiGHTS.
"Believe me yet?" Micorp asked.
"Yeah... bu not because of the Nightopian," NiGHTS corrected himself. "You would've attacked me by now if you were out to get me."
Micorp nodded. "So, friends?" she asked, holding out her hand.
NiGHTS took this into long consideration. Finally, he flew over to her and shook her hand. "Friends."
Chapter 7:
Micorp looked around after fining NiGHTS. She hadn't planned this far ahead. "So... what do we do now?"
"If Wizeman made you correctly, you should know a bit about my past."
"Yeah." Micorp confirmed.
"So, let me hear yours."
"Alright. I was created in a new line of first level 'Maren that Wizeman made. I was created to take White Ideya. I was usually considered inferior to many of the other 'Maren, but I didn't notice. I had a job to do. Eventually, this job sparked a rivalry between me and one of the second level 'Maren, named Macon. He was also created to steal White Ideya, so we had a rivalry to see who could get more White Ideya for Mr. Hands." She said.
"Mister... hands?" NiGHTS asked, confused.
Micorp sighed. "Wizeman. You know, since he has six hands... never mind. Anyway, I always won. I collected more Ideya, I completed our mini challenges more quickly, I always beat him in our sparing matches... that type of thing. Yet, he never stopped. He kept coming back for more. It didn't really bother me. He was the only 'Maren who saw me for who I was. The only one I could consider a "friend", besides my counterpart. But they usually ignored me anyway, unless I truly needed their help. Anyway, we had a friendly rivalry going."
"Kinda like me and Reala..." NiGHTS added. "He probably hates your guts now."
"I don't know. He might. Anyway, I was pretty content for awhile. However, one day, I wasn't looking where i was going while I was flying, I hit a wall, and I couldn't fly for awhile after the injury. During that time, I got to thinking. Thinking about my life, thinking about what I did, thinking about Wizeman, Nightopia and Nightmare. I decided to leave Nightmare.
"This was actually fairly easy, as right before my decision, Handman had given me the mission of finding and destroying you, or bringing you back. I waited until I was out of his senses, then I fled his power. I spent a long time searching, until I found a 'Pian. The 'Pian is right--" She stopped, looking around. The 'Pian was gone. "Well, it was right here. Your drill dash into me probably scared it. Anyway, I found a bunch of them.
"They threw this blue orb thing at me--" She continued.
"A blue chip," NiGHTS informed her.
"Right, a blue chip. The 'Pian and I tossed it back and forth for a bit, then fell asleep. I woke up, fed the 'Pian, then you came along."
"Not a very interesting life," NiGHTS muttered.
"Shut up!" Micorp barked at him. She hated when people pointed out the obvious to her!
Chapter 5: 'Pians
Micorp had been flying for HOURS now. Well... it felt like hours, anyway. She really didn't care. Anyway, she got tired of flying, so she set down by a large lake. She looked around to see some petrified Nightopians-- what's their nickname? 'Topians? Nightos? 'Pians- ah, yes, that's it. "Pians, they were called.--staring at her. "What?" She asked, as if they would answer her.
They kept staring. A few of them started vibrating, but then they stopped. Eventually, one of them picked up a blue orb-- blue orb?-- and chucked it at her. She paralooped it, and it went at her. She heard some weird noise that sounded almost like a piano key as it disappeared upon touching her. The 'Pians seemed to somehow obtain great joy from this... blue... orb... collecting business. Not that she cared. She then saw one point to the sky.
She followed the finger and saw some golden... ring... things. 'Wait,' she thought. 'Golden rings? Doesn't NiGHTS fly by these? I guess I'll... entertain the fairies until he arrives.' With that she took out the blue orb and chucked it lightly at a 'Pian. This almost caught it by surprise, but it caught the orb thing just in time. This caused it to chirp happily.
Micorp didn't have much experience with these Nightopians. Nightmaren are supposed to scare them, not play with them. But, she wasn't a normal 'Maren anymore, so she decided that it couldn't hurt. They kept playing their ball game, until she and the 'Pian both got bored. The others had left now. So she drifted off to sleep.
When Micorp awoke, she looked around to see that the 'Pian had cuddled up next to her and was sleeping happily. "Aww..." She said, 'It's so cute!' She could hear it making sounds in its sleep. 'Do 'Pians dream?' She asked her mind. 'Mental note: Find someone knowledgeable on the subject of 'Pians. Ask if 'Pians dream, or if they have dreamless, nightmare lacking sleep like us 'Maren.'
She watched it sleep for awhile, until it started making odd noises and woke up. It looked around, saw her, and was petrified again. Then, it remembered who she was, and flew up onto her head. It sat there for a bit, and she watched it. 'Maybe they aren't so bad...' the considered. She picked it up and cradled it in her arms. It seemed to obtain great joy from this, so she continued until it got bored. She then set it down.
It looked at her expectantly. "What?" She asked. "What is it?" It opened its mouth, and pointed a finger in its mouth. "Talk?" It shook its head. "Barf?" It didn't seem to know this word. "Food?" Its eyes brightened, and it nodded, smiling. "Ok, let's see..." She said. There had to be food around here somewhere. Then she saw it: A fruit tree. She flew up to the top and searched through the fruit. "Not ripe, not ripe, ahh- there!" She said, plucking an especially juicy looking fruit. She set down by the 'Pian and offered the fruit.
The 'Pian seemed delighted at this, and started munching on the fruit. She smiled at it, waiting for it to finish. It finally finished the fruit, and let out a tiny burp. It smelled wretched. 'Well, no one's perfect...' she thought to herself. Then, it struck her. 'Golden rings? Blue orbs? That meant--'
She didn't even have time to get out of the way as NiGHTS drill dashed right into her.
Chapter 4: Rebellion
"NiGHTS? ARE YOU CRAZY??!!" She yelled. "NiGHTS is the "undefeatable" maren! NiGHTS is the 'Maren who defeated you twice! NiGHTS is the--"
"You don't need to tell me about NiGHTS, I know more about him than you do," Handman retorted coldly. "You can clone yourself. Use that to corner him."
"I'll try," She said, trying not to let the sarcasm show. Apparently, Handman didn't notice. He never did. He never heard the sarcasm. Then again, he didn't have ears, so how could he hear? She didn't either, how could she hear? Most of the Humaren had no ears, and they could hear fine. Puffy, on the other hand, had giant ears, and she was deaf as a Nightopian at Spring Valley! Or at least, she acted like it. Mental note: Find out how Nightmaren hear things without ears. She turned to leave--
"One last thing," Handman said, the old fire in his tone. "Don't disappoint me."
She nodded silently, and left. First, his chambers. Then, the castle.
'I'm rebelling!' She thought to herself outside of the castle. 'I'm tired of Handman! And all those other Maren! It's so boring there, and Handman's evil!'
Then Nightmare, and finally Wizeman's rule. Micorp was now a rebel.
"Stupid Wizeman . . ." She muttered. "he thinks he's so great, and he can take on all of Nightopia and the Waking World. Not if Micorp has anything to say about it! I might as well fulfill half of the mission anyway." With that, she set off to find NiGHTS.
And to find someone to help her defeat Wizeman. Or at least help her hide. She didn't really care which.
She flew in segments. Fly for a bit, rest. Fly, rest. Her 2 favorite things to do, and she got to do both! This more than made up for that one time when the other 'Maren went on a search party. Especially since she now realized the errors of the ways of a 'Maren. She kept flying, drill dashing and paralooping when she got bored. So, in other words, hardly ever.
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